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Patented Apr. 8, 1924.

ITED ST rss DENNIS C. osHEafor CHICAGO, ILLINOIS:l

GARMENT.

Application led July 16 1921. Seriah1\To.4:85,270.v

To all who/m.` t may concer-n:

Be 1t known that I, DENNIS C. OSHEA,

a citizen of the United States,l residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have lnvented a new'and useful Improvement in Garments, of which the.

following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvement-s in garments, and more particularly to garments adapted to be worn by players of foot ball, and similar sports. One form of garment embodying the features of my invention, is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- F ig. l is a view showing the garment in rear elevation, Fig. E2 is a view taken as indicated by the line 2 of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a view of one of the pads used on the inside of the arm of the garment sho-Wing the same folded out flat.

As shown in the drawings, l0 indicates in general a garment, here shown as made of knit material, or jersey cloth in the form of a shirt such as is ordinarily worn by athletes, and commonly referred to as a jersey.

The back part of the jersey is provided with a. downwardly extending tail or flap 11 having button holes l2 at its end. The tail 11 is adapted to be folded around between the legs of the wearer from the back The tail or flap 11 when so folded prevents the jersey from being drawn upward on the body of the player and also gives a supporting effect to the wearer.

The garment is pro-vided with pads on the inside adapted to cover the. shoulders, elbows and hips of the wearer. These pads vary somewhat in shape and size but they are all made on the same principle, so will describe in detail the construction of but one. I have indicated the shoulder pads, in general, by 40, and the hip pads, in general, by 42. One of the elbow pads is shown more in detail in Figs 2 and 3, Fig. Q being a sectional view through the sleeve of the garment where the pad is located, and Fig. 3 being a View of the pad from the inside of the garment, with the cloth laid out flat. Each of the pads comprises a suitably shaped pad or piece of soft cushioning material. As here shown, this cushioning material is made out of skin or cloth covered with heavy fleece. I have indicated the pad which has the fleece upon it by the numeral 50 and the lieece itself by 5l.. InFigB, for thepurpose of illustration, the fleece 5-1`is shown as removedv from a portion of the pad 50. The Apad 50 which has the cushioning material upon it is suit-ably fastened, as by sewing around the edge to a similarly shaped but somewhat larger patch 55 made of jersey cloth or other similar elastic or stretchy material. The patch 55 is enough larger than the pad 50 to provide a margin aboutone inch wide around the entire edge of the patch. The patch 55 is attached to the garment by sewing on its outer edge as indicated by 56. It will be not-ed that the cushioning pad 50 is nowhere sewed or otherwise attached directly to the garment itself. The cushion pad 50 is sewed or fastened to the larger patch 55, and this larger patch 55 is sewed on its outer edge to the garment. By this construction, and because of the fact that the patch 55 is made out o-f elastic material, more or less displacement of the pad 50 is permitted with respect to the garment itself. In other words, the pad 50 by stretching of the marginal edges of the patch 55 is permitted to slide in all directions with respect to the garment 10. This construction permits a certain amount of displacement or sliding of the pad 50 when a wearer of the garment falls on the ground with a sliding movement. Such sliding or movement of the pad makes the tearing of the garment or thlev ripping looseof the pad from the garment less likely.

Although the present invention has been described in connection with the specific details of a device embodying it, it is not intended that these details shall be regarded as limitations upon the scope of the invention except in so far as included in the accompanying claims.

IVhat I claim as new;v and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A garment having secured to its surface a patch of elastic stretchy material, and a pad of cushioning material secured to said patch, the means securing the pad to the patch spaced from the means securing the patch to the garment, Vwhereby relative movement between the pad and the garment may be permitted by stretching of a portion of the patch.

2. A garment having secured to its inner surface a patch of elastic stretchy material, and a pad of cushioning material secured to said patch, the means securing the pad to the patch spaced from the means securing the patch to the garment, Whereby relative movement between the pad and the garment may be permitted by stretching of a portion of the: patchn 3. A garment having secured te its surface a patch of elastic stretchy materialfby stitching at the edge of said patch, and a pad of cushioning materia-l attached to said patch, the means securing the pad te the patch lying Wholly Within and spaced from the stitchingsecuring the patch to the garment.

Il. A garment having a. patch of elastic stretchy material attached by its edge to the surface ol said garment, and a pad of cushioning material mounted on said patch, said pad 'being' substantially similar in shape to said patch but smaller in area and centrally mounted on said patch with re spect thereto to leave the margin of said patch freel from said aad.

In Witness Whereo I have heiieunto set my hand and seal thisI 18th day ot March DENNIS C. @SI-IE;-V [Il s] 

